Industrial Showcase on Electrical Properties of Functional Molecules

The aim of this free showcase is to inform and enthuse the audience about the prospects of future technologies based on devices with functional molecules. Speakers include Evonetix, Oxford Nanopore Technololgies and Prowler.io. The showcase is sponsored by the EPSRC Programme Grant QuEEN, which is all about how electricity flows through a single molecule.

Event details:

Remarkable progress is being made in making devices with functional molecules, and thereby demonstrating their remarkable electrical properties. Unlike previous bouts of molecular electronics fever, where expectations exceeded what could be demonstrated, conditions are now excellent for understanding how quantum phenomena can control how electricity flows through individual molecules and for harnessing such effects for practical applications such as thermoelectric generation. This Industrial Showcase will include leading technologists in gene sequencing and synthesis, and machine learning for decision making in complex problems. The presentations and panel discussion will be followed by a poster session over a buffet lunch, at which there will be opportunities to learn about cutting edge results and discuss specific collaborations and opportunities for industrial engagement.

The showcase is a satellite event of the Molecular-Scale Thermoelectricity (MoST-M3) workshop on functional thermoelectric devices formed by single molecules or self-assembled monolayers (http://mostm3.phy.cam.ac.uk).

Training future generations of physical scientists continues to be a central pillar of the Cavendish’s programme. The Laboratory attracts large numbers of the brightest young scientists from the UK and overseas at both undergraduate and graduate levels.